Quick answers to the questions people most often ask about Choghadiya and choosing an auspicious muhurat.
Choghadiya is a Vedic method of dividing the day and night into short time windows — eight from sunrise to sunset and eight more from sunset to the next sunrise. Each window is marked auspicious, neutral, or inauspicious, and people consult it before starting important tasks.
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are considered auspicious (good). Chal is neutral and is favoured for travel. Udveg, Rog and Kaal are inauspicious and are best avoided for important work.
The day is split from sunrise to sunset, and the night from sunset to the next sunrise. The two halves follow different name sequences, so the same clock time can be a different Choghadiya by day versus night.
It is based on the exact sunrise and sunset for your location. The daylight period is divided into eight equal slots and the night into eight more. Each slot's name comes from a fixed table tied to the weekday. Because sunrise and sunset shift through the year, the slot times change daily and vary by city.
Chal, which means movement, is traditionally favoured for starting a journey. Shubh and Labh are also good choices for travel.
AuspiciousTime computes sunrise and sunset locally using the NOAA solar algorithm and labels each slot from standard Panchang tables. Its results have been verified against DrikPanchang and match to within a few seconds.
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